Pensioners’ group accusing BBC of ageism to picket Question Time recording

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The National Pensioners Convention is to picket the recording of Question
Time at the University of Exeter this evening, demanding that one of its
representatives should be a panellist on the BBC show.

Dot Gibson, 76, the general secretary, said the convention, which claims 1.5
million members, had been lobbying for a panel invitation for more than a
year. The BBC said that 20 panellists in the current series were near
retirement age or older, but the convention wants a pensioners’
representative to appear, not just an older person.